It’s a fantastic club, but I need to win games. It’s a results business and that’s all that matters

Roberto Di Matteo

The Stamford Bridge stars will pick up a £200,000-per-man bonus if they win the Champions League.

But caretaker boss Roberto Di Matteo (left) admitted for the first time that glory in the competition could earn him an even bigger prize – his appointment as Andre Villas-Boas’ permanent successor.

The 41-year-old has resisted talking up his chances of convincing owner Roman Abramovich he is the right man for the job.

But he is still rated second favourite by the bookies, behind Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho (left), who left the club five years ago.

When asked what he had to do to land one of the top jobs in football, Swiss-born Italian Di Matteo said: “It’s a fantastic club, but I need to win games. It’s a results business and that’s all that matters.”

A Chelsea source said last night: “Possession is nine-tenths of the law in any team, so as long as Robbie keeps winning games, he has got a chance.”

The Blues face Benfica at Stamford Bridge tonight as hot favourites to make a sixth Champions League semi-final in nine years, having won 1-0 in Lisbon eight days ago.

A year ago, Di Matteo – assistant boss under Villas-Boas – was out of work after been axed by West Brom.

But he insisted he had not even had a chance to reflect on the amazing turnaround in his own fortunes. “I have no time to think about that,” he said. “I’m full-on in my work all day to prepare the team tactically and physically for the next game.

“There’s so little time between games as well, so I haven’t really sat down and thought about that.”